Illinois governor makes union dues voluntary for some state workers
CHICAGO (Reuters) – In a strike against public employee unions, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner on Monday signed an order eliminating union dues for some state employees who don’t want to pay to support union activities.
Same-sex marriage begins in parts of Alabama, thwarted in others
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – Same-sex couples began marrying in parts of Alabama on Monday, acting on the strongest signal yet from the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of gay marriage ahead of an expected ruling, but numerous state judges avoided granting …
Boston-area transit, schools to shut Tuesday after record snowfall
BOSTON (Reuters) – A record-setting run of snowstorms that has pounded the U.S. Northeast over the past two weeks has taken a heavy toll on Massachusetts, prompting officials to shut Boston’s mass-transit service through Tuesday to allow time to clear …
Two men found bound and killed execution-style in California garage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two men, bound with duct tape and gagged, have been found killed execution-style in a California garage, and authorities were searching for two suspects and a potential third victim who may have fled the scene, police said on Mo…
Hearing for accused 9/11 plotters halted after infiltration charge
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A U.S. military judge on Monday halted a pre-trial hearing for Guantanamo Bay inmates accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks after one of the accused said his interpreter had worked at a secret CIA prison.
Boyfriend accused in beating death of Pennsylvania college student
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A 19-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested on Monday for criminal homicide after an autopsy on his girlfriend showed she had been beaten and strangled in her Millersville University dorm room, a prosecutor said.
Gang leader who ran drugs from Baltimore jail sentenced to 12 years
(Reuters) – A Baltimore gang leader who prosecutors say dealt drugs and impregnated four guards while in jail was sentenced by a federal judge on Monday to 12 years in prison on a racketeering charge.
Man charged with crashing truck into Michigan Coast Guard station
(Reuters) – A Michigan man who crashed a pickup truck through the gates of a U.S. Coast Guard station in western Michigan and claimed to have a bomb was charged on Monday with two felonies, police said.
Warnings missed before Florida man threw daughter from bridge: state report
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida child welfare agents were warned three times about a man before he allegedly killed his 5-year-old daughter by throwing her off a bridge, the state Department of Children and Families reported on Monday.
Heavy rains cause flooding, mudslides across the West Coast
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A powerful Pacific storm system that drenched California was moving across the Pacific Northwest on Monday, as crews in Oregon and Washington worked to clear flooded roads and railroad tracks blocked by mudslides.
